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To: LibWhacker
This will be about 1,534 inches in diameter--more than 7 times the width of the Palomar telescope which is 200 inches.

Chile is a good location--there is an area in northern Chile which is one of the driest places on earth, so rain and clouds don't interfere with observation.

No matter how big they make the telescope, they won't be able to see the mountains on Venus, the nearest planet.

9 posted on 06/13/2012 8:30:42 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

If you are near the equator, you can see more of the sky, over the course of a year, as well.


41 posted on 06/13/2012 9:49:50 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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